isla

Meaning

1. (feminine) island (area of land surrounded by water)
2. (feminine) block (group of urban lots of property)

Concepts

island

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isle

islet

skerry

key cay

block

island

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land

Shimane

Synonyms

islas

par

doble

ínsula

isleta

islote

tierra

Hyphenated as

is‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈisla/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing. Cognate with English isle.

Sentences

Actualmente es una de las ciudades con mayor población en la isla .

By now, it is the town with the greatest population.

En el verano , grandes zonas de la isla están libres de hielo y nieve .

In the summer, large areas of the island are free of ice and snow.

Así se produce el fenómeno de efecto " isla de calor urbana ".

This is how the phenomenon of the "urban heat island" effect occurs.

Es Endemismo de la isla de Nueva Bretaña , Papúa Nueva Guinea .

It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Originalmente la isla y el edificio solamente podían ser alcanzados mediante embarcaciones .

Originally the island and the building could only be reached by boats.